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Sunday, December 16, 2012

My daughter-in-law and her mother were here (along with my son and my DIL's father, too) over Thanksgiving. Karla (the mother) and I were involved in Erin Prais-Hintz' Color Challenge using color palette's made from pictures of various parts of the earth. It was great. For that reveal, click here. We all got to bead together and have fun. Chelsea, (my DIL) was making a necklace and earrings for Erin's Toast of the Town challenge that Karla and I had done about a month ago.For that reveal, click here. Anyway, a couple of weeks later, Karla and I were at a Bead show and decided we'd like to try another color challenge. So I got on Design-Seeds and found a wonderful palette. She has the most amazing color palette's. I'm trying to save my money and buy at least one of her color palette books. This is the color palette I found. So, Karla, Chelsea and I are all challenging ourselves to make something with this color palette. Our goal is to have it done by the 31st of January and then post on my blog and Karla's blog, Texas Pepper Jams what we've created. Chelsea doesn't have a blog, so I'll post her creation here. However, we're all supposed to get together the 26th of January in Louisiana for a Grand Funk concert. So we've decided to try to get our pieces done by then and then all wear them to the concert and see how 3 people interpret the same color palette differently. It should be a blast. If you'd like to play along, here's the Color Palette:

If you do play along, be sure to give credit to Design Seeds for the palette when you post it on your blog. Our post date is the 31st of January for the challenge. So keep tuned.And, if you're looking for some Stained Glass, Mosaics or Fused Glass Kreationz for your Home or Garden, or other Wire-wrapped, Beaded Jewelry for yourself or as a gift, check out my shop, KayzKreationz.

Friday, November 30, 2012

It's here! The first of November I signed up for the Color Challenge that Erin Prais-Hintz, of Treasures Found, always has in November. I did it last November for the first time. If you're really wanting to challenge yourself or just get new inspiration, you should really check out her Color Challenges. Just as the name implies, they will challenge you. She has a different theme every time and selects one or two color palettes for you to use to make a piece of jewelry. This time around, Brandi Hussey from BrandiGirl blog picked out 40 of the 120 NASA pictures from their Earth As Art photographs and made color palettes from those. They are truly inspiring. Then Erin picked out the 2 color palettes for each of the 80 participants and e-mailed them to us, letting us pick which palette we would work with. These are the 2 palettes I received. The first is the Great Sandy Scars from Australia. I love these colors and picked this one to be the main one to work with. Description: In a small corner of the vast Great Sandy Desert in Western Australia, large sand dunes—the only sand in this desert of scrub and rock—appear as lines stretching from left to right. The light-colored fan shapes are scars from wildfires. Isn't that cool?

This is what I came up with from my Color Palette. I used some Glass Beads from Hobby Lobby, some Purple Potato Pearls and Green Daggers (can't remember the name of the bead on these) I had on hand, some Light Green/Yellow sari ribbon I had and the cutest little blue/gray owl I received from Natalie Pappas along with a brass colored Leaf toggle clasp to make it appear the owl was in the leaves of a tree high overhead the Great Sandy Scars. (I know, he probably wouldn't be in that part of the world, but I liked the idea.) I added some dark brass colored chain I had to wrap around the Green and Purple strand. Did I catch the essence of the Great Sandy Scars?

Here's the second palette I received. This one was really a challenge for me. I'm not a fan of blue and these are not colors I usually or ever work with. I'm still trying to get my Kumihimo braid finished off for this necklace, so not sure I'll get it done in time to post. But I took Dyed Imperial Jasper Sapphire, Natural Shell rice, and Carnelian dyed nuggets from Michael's along with some Yellow Round hole beads from Hobby Lobby and some Copper Filigree beads I had received as a gift and strung them to hang with the Salsa yarn and Gold and Orange ribbon to make my Kumihimo braid. Finished off the braid with brass/copper bead caps and attached all 3 strands to copper jump rings and chain. Then I finished it off with a Copper Square Toggle clasp to match the square Filigree beads. It is from the Color palette Lake Eyre, also in Australia. Description: Do you see a scary face looking back at you? The hollow-appearing eyes, narrow nose, and slash of a mouth are inundated patches of shallow Lake Eyre (pronounced "air"). Deep in the desert country of northern South Australia, Lake Eyre is an ephemeral feature of this flat, parched landscape. When seasonal rains are abundant, water fills the lakebed to some degree. During the last 150 years, Lake Eyre has filled completely only three times. When brimming, it is Australia's largest lake.

Unfortunately, I've run out of time, between company, appointments, cooking for some volunteers that are coming this weekend to help us and other things, so I don't quite have this piece done, but here it is so far. I still have to finish off my Kumihimo braid, then attach all three strings to the copper chain and the copper toggle clasp, which is in the picture. Hopefully I'll get it done and post the finished project Monday or Tuesday. So if you'd like to see it finished, check back then and let me know what you think.

I thought it was interesting to read about each of these spots, too, so I included the description of each from USGS/EROS Image gallery. To see more great Earth as Art pictures click the name. So what do you think? Did I capture the essence of Lake Eyre in this necklace? Did I meet the challenge of using colors I never work with and make something you would wear? Keep checking my blog or Etsy shop as this one at least will be listed for sale soon. If you like either one and want it sooner, you can e-mail me or convo me from my Etsy shop, KayzKreationz and let me know. And be sure to check out Treasures Found for the other 79 participants in this Color Challenge. And if you're looking for more Stained Glass, Mosaic, Fused Glass Kreationz for your Home or Garden, or more Beaded, Wire-wrapped jewelry for yourself or as gifts, check out my shop for those, too, KayzKreationz.

Monday, November 19, 2012

This is a great article about Nuts and their health benefits. Plus they're adding Spicy Hot nuts to their shop. Be sure to check it out and get in on the fun.Texas Pepper Jams: !Crazy Hot Nuts!: A nut isn't just a nut anymore! There are 53 varieties of nuts. Can you name them all? Some nuts we love to eat are: almonds, pecans, walnut...And if you're looking for some great Stained Glass, Mosaics or Fused Glass Kreationz for your home or garden, or Wire-wrapped, Beaded jewelry for yourself or as a gift, check out my shop, KayzKreationz.

Friday, November 9, 2012

With the release of Lori Anderson's new book Bead Soup-32 Projects (for my review of her book, click here) Kalmbach books asked Bead shops across the country to send in 'Soup' mixes of a focal bead, a clasp and some coordinating beads to go with it. Then they asked for jewelry designers to sign up and drew names to send these soups to. I was fortunate enough to get a soup mix and it came from Wired Up Beads in Texas! Yay! We were to take that soup and create a piece of jewelry or more from it, using at least the focal and the clasp. We could use just their beads or we could raid our stash and add to it. This is the soup I got from Wired Up Beads. Isn't it great? The focal is one from Patti Bullard at Wired Up Beads.

I chose to use only the beads they sent me and added chain and fiber from my stash. This was my first time making a Kumihimo braid. I found 8 different strands of fiber/yarn that I thought would compliment these beads and went to work. It wasn't long enough, however, so I capped it off, after winding some smaller chain around it and attached it to the heavier chain to lengthen the necklace. I then attached the Teal beads to the small chain wound around the Kumihimo braid. I then added another shorter length of chain to the main part of the necklace and made dangles with the orange/red beads and the green beads to attach to that. I also used the smaller chain to make 3 dangles with one each of the beads, attached it to a headpin and ran it through the focal bead to make my focal pendant. Then I had to figure out how to hang the focal pendant. So I used the heavier chain, draped it around the Kumihimo braid and attached the Focal to it. I used the end caps for the Kumihimo braid to make a pair of earrings, hanging one each of the 3 beads on the small chain again and running through the bead caps to the earwire. Although it didn't really come out as I envisioned it, I think I like it. My mother said she thinks it's gorgeous, except that my focal reminds her of a 'fishing lure'! LOL Didn't really expect that. What do you think of my Bead Soup Necklace and earrings? I think I have enough beads to make a dangle/charm bracelet to go with it. Thanks for stopping by. This set will be showing up in my Etsy shop KayzKreationz before long, unless it sells before I get it listed. I've had some interest in it. And for Stained Glass, Mosaics or Fused Glass Kreationz for your Home or Garden, stop by my shop, KayzKreationz. Plus you can go to Kalmbach's Facebook page and vote for your favorite piece. The winner gets prizes.

Tuesday, November 6, 2012

I'm a little late, but here goes. Recently Erin Prais-Hintz worked together with Michael's, the hobby store to celebrate Jewelry month and created her Toast of the Town necklace. It was gorgeous. Talk about blingy and fun. So she decided to have a little blog hop. 3 people won a set of beads from Erin and the rest of us were encouraged to play along. While I wasn't one of the 3 that won beads, I loved one of the color palettes Erin had picked out for the beads for the winners. So I decided to make my own Toast of the Town necklace with that red and black set. However, my Michael's didn't have all the beads Erin had picked out, so I went out on my own to add more beads. At first I wasn't sure I liked the added beads I'd picked, but the more I looked at it, I really love it. My next problem was, this blog hop came right on thee heels of my Kalmbach soup that had to be done by the same day and then I ended up having to go out of town, so I didn't get my Toast of the Town necklace post up by last Friday. However, here it is. I hope you like my palette and what I did with it. I couldn't find a toggle clasp I really liked, so I found this great pendant that fit right in with my color palette/beads and made my own Toggle bar to go with it. And instead of cutting off the ring to attach it with, I made a dangle to hang from it. I may change it later, because I'm not sure it hangs like I'd like, but for now I really like it. This necklace can be worn several different ways. You can keep it doubled like it is, you can twist those strands or you can separate it and wear it long with the toggle/pendant off to the side. I'll probably wear it shorter, but you never know. I may be daring and wear it long once in a while, too. Thanks for letting me play along, Erin. And be sure to check out her blog, Treasures Found to see the rest of the participants. You'll have to scroll down to the post on the 2nd, but it's well worth it.Be sure to check out my shop, KayzKreationz for more Wire-wrapped, beaded Jewelry, Stained Glass, Mosaics and Fused Glass Kreationz for your Home and Garden.

Friday, November 2, 2012

I recently received Lori Anderson's new book Bead Soup-32 Projects Show What Happens when 26 Beaders Swap Their Stash, from Kalmbach books. It's a great book. Lori started with the Bead Soup Blog Party basically by accident back in about December 2010. She decided to see if people would want to swap bead stashes and create, preferably with things they hadn't or wouldn't have chosen to use to challenge themselves and then blog about it. Since then it's grown to over 400 participants this last summer. I have gotten to participate in 2 of those Bead Soup Bog Parties. They are fantastic and cause you to really challenge yourself to create something you might not have otherwise. This book is written like a Bead Soup Party. There were 26 designers involved, asked to swap beads and design. I love the way the soup is written on 'recipe' cards in keeping with the soup theme. Then the directions are described as 'recipes'. What's fantastic about this book, is that although you can follow the directions exactly if you wish, it also teaches or encourages you to work with your own stash and see how you can create these projects or something very similar with what you already have. This is great, since it gets us to go through our stash and see things in a different light. The first chapter focuses on the Leftover method, where you use beads left over from other projects. It moves on to the Focal method which focuses on the focal of our piece. It finishes up with the Color Palette method and the Random Purchase method. Each project is named, gives us the 'utensils' (tools) to use and then encourages us to stretch our imagination. She gives us little tips and substitutions to try. She's very thorough in the way she approaches each project and then describes it. The photos are great. In the back she introduces us to all the designers and contributors of the projects and gives us a shopping list, if we just have to have the same 'ingredients' used in a particular project. In accord with the release of this book, Kalmbach books asked Bead stores from across the country to send in Soup mixes and then asked people if they'd like to sign up to participate in another Bead Soup party to celebrate the release of this great book. I am thrilled to say, I was chosen and sent a fantastic soup from a Bead Store from my own great state of Texas, Wired Up Beads! They're in Southlake, Tx. Stay tuned in the next day or two for the reveal of my pieces. In the meantime, run right out (or get online) and order this book. You won't regret it. It will help you stretch your wings in your beading creativity.And if you're looking for some of my Wire-wrapped, Beaded jewelry or Stained Glass, Mosaics or Fused Glass Kreationz for your Home or Garden, check out my shop, KayzKreationz. I'll be glad to help you any way I can.Don't forget, check back for my Kalmbach Bead Soup reveal from Wired UP Beads.

Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Check out her blog and the great giveaway she's got going. Glass, Craft & Artful Goodness: GIVEAWAY!!! - $90 to Spend in my Etsy Store: I am living a life full of gratitude and abundance and would like to show some of that gratitude to the wonderful people that have followed...Also, watch for my post in the next day or two of my review of Lori Anderson's new book, Bead Soup-32 projects and my Bead Soup reveal for the Kalmbach books Bead Soup party in accord with the release of Lori's book.

Looking for some great Glass Kreationz for yourself or as gifts? Check out my shop, KayzKreationz. I make Stained Glass, Mosaics and Fused Glass kreationz for your home and garden, along with Wire and Beaded Jewelry.

Saturday, October 27, 2012

Back at the end of September, I signed up for a Design Challenge on Sharyl's Jewelry blog. It was in conjunction with NKP Designs, using some of her artbeads. We were mailed a packet of beads and asked to design a piece of jewelry. The idea was to see what 10 different jewelry designers would come up with using the same beads. I loved the beads. The colors were fantastic and I had several ideas right away. We were required to use the large focal artbead and at least 2 other of the artbeads. Then we could use the rest of the beads or beads from our stash to finish our piece. I thought my beads all complimented themselves so well, I decided to use only the beads I received in my piece along with the silk and the chain. This is what I finally settled on. I'm loving using Sari silk ribbons in my jewelry lately and I had the perfect colors left from some silks I'd gotten from Marsha Neal's studio that I had used in my Bead Soup Blog Party piece in August. I found this chain that just seemed to say "Use me" with these beads and the silks. And the toggle fit perfectly, too. What do you think? How did I do with my beads and the Bead Challenge? Be sure to visit Sharyl's Jewelry blog for the rest of the participants and see what the other 9 designers did with their beads. Here's the beads I started with (I forgot to take a pic before I started designing, so this is the pic of the beads from Sharyl's website for the challenge):

And here's my finished piece:

If you're interested in purchasing this piece, let me know. I'll be putting it in my Etsy shop, KayzKreationz shortly. And if you're looking for Stained Glass, Mosaics or Fused Glass kreationz for your Home or Garden, be sure to check my shop out.You can also find me on twitter: KayzKreationzAnd on facebook: KayzKreationzGlassKreationzAnd if you're interested in keeping up with what I'm doing, sign up for my e-mail newsletter on the sidebar. I don't e-mail out very often, but you never know when I will and what might be in the e-mail.

Wednesday, October 10, 2012

We all know someone who's either fought or lost the battle with Breast Cancer. I had a very good friend of 20 years die from it within 5 months after they found it. So in her honor I created this cute Pink Quartz, Howlite and White Coral charm with the pink Breast Cancer ribbon on it. It could be used as either a Cell phone charm, zipper pull or countless other uses. The beads are also wire-wrapped/strung on pink wire.

The Howlite appears to be like Turquoise but is painted/dyed. It is not real turquoise. This listing is for the charm only, NOT the phone.

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Monday, October 1, 2012

Good morning. About a month ago, I was sent a knitting spool from Softflex with the caveat I'd review it and then enter their contest. I've been frantically trying to learn how to use it and then create something with it to enter into their contest. I got it done last night. I'm not sure I'm completely happy with it, but I don't think it's too bad for my first go around with the knitting spool and entering a national contest.I enjoyed the knitting spool, although I found it rather difficult to use. That is probably because I don't have a lot of strenth in my hands. I kept losing the beading wire when I would first start my piece. I actually found using copper wire easier to start with than beading wire. But I needed to use Softflex products for the contest, so I had some Garnet Beading wire and Copper Metallic Beading wire that I was wanting to use for this project and contest. I knew I wanted to knit a frame around some beads. But then I had to figure out what to do with the framed beads. I finally decided it would be great as a leather cuff. So I kept working on my knitting frames for my jasper beads. I finally got them where I was fairly happy with them. However, I also felt that the directions for finishing off the knitting project lacked a little. I would have liked a little more information and pictures on how to finish the knitted project to get it off the spool, but after re-reading the directions and my copy of Sara's Show Your Colors book, I finally figured out how to finish off the piece to get it off the spool. Now my problem was, how to attach the 'framed' beads to the leather and then how to hook/clasp the cuff. I just about gave up trying to sew my 'framed' beads to my leather cuff. (I had used my pinking shears to shape the edges of the leather and figured my darning needles would be heavy enough to get through the leather.) After several attempts I finally had to put work/gardening gloves on to get my needle through the leather to attach the 'framed' beads and the button I used for the clasp. Attaching the rivet for the leather loop to go through was another problem. I cut with a knife, scissors, poked it and FINALLY got the rivet through the leather so I could hammer it down. After pushing the leather thong through the rivet I knotted it on the back side making a big enough loop to go over the button I sewed on and Viola! I have a leather cuff bracelet with Knitting Spool framed jasper beads. I also found it useful to number the three prongs on my knitting spool, 1, 2 and 3 so I could keep tabs easier on where I was when wrapping and then trying to get the loops off and over. That wasn't too bad, although it took a little practice to hold the beading wire at the bottom that you're working with and the wire at the top your wrapping while trying to get the loops off to 'knit' the wire. As I said, though, if you have a lot of strength in your hands, this probably wouldn't be quite as difficult for you as it was for me. All in all, I really enjoyed working with the spool and will keep on practicing it and trying to come up with new ideas for it. I just won't be able to work with it for very long periods of time. I hope you like my "I've Been Framed" bracelet I made with the Knitting Spool. Please check out Softflex to see when the voting begins and be sure to vote for my bracelet. Also, if you're wanting to do something really unique with your jewelry, get their book, 'Show Your Colors' and the knitting spool and have a ball.

Monday, September 24, 2012

Kalmbach books recently sent me Kim St. Jean's new book Metal Magic. I love Kim's books and online classes from Beaducation. She is a wonderful teacher. She explains everything very thoroughly, which is sometimes hard to do in a book or online class. I already had her book, Mixed Metal Mania and was anxious for this new book to come out and read it. She starts out with a Base Tools section that tells you the base tools you'll most likely need for every project in the book. She then moves on to Sawing and Piercing Basics, showing the tools you need for these projects. She also explains how to use these tools and offers a practice project and a challenge project. Next comes the Etching Basics. Here she outlines the tools you'll need, plus basic etching instructions, alternative resists and lots of tips. If you've ever wanted to know about etching, it's covered here. After that comes Enameling basics. Besides the enameling tools you'll need, she covers setting up your enameling area, safety measures, different metals for enameling, how to enamel, a practice project and a troubleshooting box. She also covers settings, cold connections, texture and finishing and findings. In each section, she has a box with the tools you'll need for each of those techniques. What I really love about that, is she shows a little toolbox that's color coded with the tools for the technique/section and then in the projects, she has toolboxes listed that you need, so that if you keep your tools organized according to the way she has them outlined in each section, you'll know at a glance what tools you need for that project. There's also a Studio Checklists with the 'Need' to have, 'Nice' to have and a few more tools, plus the Unconventional Tools, Tips and Tricks section. She talks about inspiration and then moves right into the projects. These are all great and progress through simple projects that may only use one of your 'toolboxes' to more complicated projects where you may need 3, 4 or more of your 'toolboxes'. Two of my favorites are the 'Look Deep Into My Heart' pendant which uses Etching, Sawing and Piercing and Cold Connections. I just have to get over my fear of trying a saw. And the other one is 'Bless Her Little Steampunk Heart' I've become enamored with Steampunk and this just looks like some fun earrings to make, using Sawing and Piercing , Enameling and Cold Connections. So if you're looking for a fun new book that will take your Jewelry Design/Making to a new level, this is the book for you. It's available at Kalmbach books.

Wednesday, September 5, 2012

My Bead Soup Blog Partner posted this great post the other day. I really liked the idea, so I decided to join in.Here's how it works:I will send a surprise gift to the first three commenters on this blog post. The gift will be a handmade surprise by me and will be sent to you some time in the next 365 days.

All you have to do is, leave me a comment and make sure you include your email address (if your profile doesn't include it). I’ll email you for your mailing address and a ask a few questions.

To complete signing up you MUST play along too. To do this you must blog a similar post and pledge to make a surprise gift for the first three people who comment on it.So, do you want to play? Comment below and I’ll sent a handmade gift to the first three people who do.
Who is in?And if you want to get yourself a gift, check out my great Stained Glass, Mosaics and Fused Glass Kreationz for your Home and Garden at KayzKreationz on Etsy. Also, check out my cute brooch/pin for sale right here on my blog on the top right. A Little Bit Vintage can be bought by just clicking on the link.

Saturday, August 25, 2012

It's here at last! The Bead Soup Blog Party 3rd Reveal. I'm participating in this reveal. Back in June, participants could sign up on Pretty Things blog to obtain a partner, find out a little about her, pick out a bead stash that included a focal bead,a clasp and a few coordinating beads. Then we were to ship the beads to our partner within a certain amount of time.. We didn't know what we'd get in return and then came the challenge. We had a specified amount of time to design something with the beads and focal we received. We were required to use the focal and the clasp. We could add from our stash or try to use only the beads we received. I was partnered with Mandi Effron from California. Be sure to check out her blog first and see what I sent her and what wonderful creation she came up with from the Beads I sent. Are you ready? Here's what Mandi sent me:

And here's what I created. First I made a Necklace with the Rose Quartz, Sterling Silver beads and the wonderful Sterling Kidney shaped clasp she sent me. I added some pearlized seed beads, some wonderful Marsha Neal silks braided together and a silver wire bead I made from my stash. I also made earrings to match with silver wire beads I made also. I got some inspiration from a great book by Lorelei Eurto and Erin Seigel, Bohemian Inspired Jewelry. What do you think? Did I pass?

I'm still working on a bracelet for this set. I just can't seem to get it the way I like. I may post it later if I ever get it the way I like it.

Next, I took the Mookite Jasper (did I mention I LOVE Jasper) and the gorgeous Jasper focal Mandi sent me. I had a piece of Brass filigree that I used as the bail, with some brass wire as a head pin to hang it from. Then I used some more of my Marsha Neal silks braided together along with some Sari silk from Barbara Lewis, and some more seed beads. I made large copper jump rings to hold everything together and then added a copper clasp. I also wire-wrapped the jump rings the clasp was attached to for a little more texture. The earrings are giving me a little bit of a fit, though. First I used some copper rings I had and wire wrapped one of the Mookite jasper beads to it, added a bead dangle and had one of a pair of earrings. But I wasn't sure I liked the look, so I took the other Jasper bead, wire wrapped it with the seed bead dangle and just attached it to the copper oval ring to dangle in front of it. I can't decide which way I like it better. Which do you prefer? Wired in so it doesn't move, or dangling in front of the ring? What about this set? Do you approve? Hope you like them, Mandi.

Don't forget to check out all the other participants in this 3rd reveal. There were 400 original participants. This reveal has the last 100 or so. If the links aren't clickable, go on over to Pretty Things and check it out. And please leave me a comment and let me know what you think of my pieces. Did I live up to the challenge?

Friday, August 17, 2012

Back in July I signed up for a 'Link' challenge from Peggy of The Charm Barn. I wasn't really sure what acrylic links were, but it sounded like fun. We had to e-mail her if we were interested, and if we were one of the first 20 people to sign up we were in. I made it! She sent me 25 acrylic links with 3 weeks to create a jewelry masterpiece with them. When I received my 25 black acrylic links I knew immediately what I wanted to do with them. It took me a little while to figure out how to link them. Actually, my daughter in law and son were here visiting, and she figured it out. I was afraid I'd break them, but she just kept working with them and got them linked. Once she figured it out (and that they wouldn't break) we went to town linking them together. I wanted to wrap them with leather and then add some charms. I picked Teal, Purple and Green leather. I wasn't sure what I wanted to use as a clasp, but when we went to Hobby Lobby to get the leather, I thought, Hey, buttons would be great as a clasp with the leather. It took a while to figure out the 'right' button to use, but I finally found it, a purple one to match one of the leather colors. It was a little harder wrapping the leather around them than I figured it would be. I had to take it apart twice, since I kept wrapping it too tight and the links wouldn't lay flat or curve around my wrist. Plus, I couldn't keep the links laying the same way as I was wrapping the leather. Once I got one side finished (on the third go-around, LOL) it was easy peasy. It was also a little bit of a challenge to figure out how to leave the loop in the leather for the button clasp without it getting smaller and smaller as I worked with the leather, but I finally got it. The next challenge was what to use as charms/dangles and how to put them together and attach them. My daughter in law loves Ladybugs, so she picked out that one. Then we saw this cute little silver envelope charm. I found a little silver charm that looked like a letter/card to attach to it and some co-ordinating beads to use for the rest of the charms. Then I made my own jump rings, wire-wrapped all the charms and attached them by the button clasp. So without further ado, here's my Link Challenge Leather wrapped bracelet. Please go to The Charm Barn to vote for my Leather wrapped bracelet, so I can get a chance to win a gift certificate to Peggy's Etsy shop for some more great components. Not sure if I'll put this up for sale in my Etsy shop, KayzKreationz, or keep it for myself.

And here is the list of the rest of the participants, be sure to check out what they made:

About Me

My hubby and I sold our business of 30 years, and now I'm trying to develop a small business with my glass.
We have a small property in Texas where we do wildlife management.
I always wanted to learn to do glass so a few years ago I took a class at a local community college and loved it. Shortly thereafter I took a mosaics class and liked that too. Then a year or so I took a fused glass class and fell in love with it. I've since added beading to my repertoire. I especially love working with wire and copper and like either making small jewelry pieces or using my beading to add to my Glass Kreationz.
Since I love gardening and Texas things many of my things will have to do with Home and Garden or Texas themes. Check them out at:
http://KayzKreationz.etsy.com
http://zibbet.com/KayzKreationz
http://KayzKreationz.artfire.com
And check out my website showing things either done as gifts for someone or sold and is currently being updated.
http://kaysglass.com